Adjustable hunter seat

ABSTRACT

The adjustable hunter seat includes independently pivotal back and seat frame members joined to a rotatable connecting member. The rotatable connecting member is supported by a stabilizing truss style base, the base being in contact with the ground when the seat is in use. A unitary padded back and seat cushion is removably disposed over the frame members. A headrest support member extends from the back frame, a headrest being attached to an end of the headrest support member. An adjustable shooting support arm extends from the seat frame. A user can swivel 360° in the seat while maintaining a substantially fixed posture. When not in use, the entire assembly is foldable into a backpack configuration.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional PatentApplication Ser. No. 61/129,902, filed Jul. 28, 2008.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to hunter seats used by persons firingguns, shooting pictures, or the like, and more particularly, to anadjustable hunter seat with a 360° rotation feature.

2. Description of the Related Art

Hunting chairs have been used through the ages. Generally, the chairshave supporting legs, a seat, and a support arm that will support a gun,camera, or other instrument that the hunter wishes to aim at a target.Existing hunting chairs are generally made of heavy metal or woodmaterials, so that they will remain very stable during operation of thehunter's instruments. For example, such hunting chairs have been used onshooting ranges and at target practice areas to allow a shooter to“sight-in” the shooter's gun. While any gun can be fired while sittingon the hunting chair, the chair is most often used during the firing ofrifles or other long guns.

Existing hunting chairs have not been easily transported from one areaof use to another area of use. Consequently, the stable shooting chairshave generally not been used in the field when hunting animals or theyhave been placed in a field location and left at that location. This isdue not only to the weight and bulkiness of the hunting chairs, but alsobecause they often do not include any means for easily changing theelevation and azimuth of the gun support for a muzzle end of the gunwhen it is used in the field, to shoot at an animal. Moreover, it may benecessary for the hunter to quietly rotate his/her position whilemaintaining a relatively fixed posture.

Thus, an adjustable hunter seat solving the aforementioned problems isdesired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The adjustable hunter seat includes independently pivotal back and seatframe members joined to a rotatable connecting member. The rotatableconnecting member is supported by a stabilizing base, the stabilizingbase being in contact with the ground when the seat is in use. A unitarypadded back and seat cushion is removably disposed over the framemembers. A headrest extends from the back frame. An adjustable shootingsupport arm extends from the seat frame. A user can swivel 360° degreesin the seat while maintaining a substantially fixed posture. When not inuse, the entire assembly is foldable into a backpack configuration.

These and other features of the present invention will become readilyapparent upon further review of the following specification anddrawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of the adjustable hunter seataccording to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side perspective view of the adjustable hunter seat frameaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the unitary cushion of the adjustable hunterseat according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the adjustable hunter seat according to thepresent invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the adjustable hunter seat according to thepresent invention.

Similar reference characters denote corresponding features consistentlythroughout the attached drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the adjustable hunter seat 10 has a pivotalback frame member 170, comprising longitudinal portions 17 a, 17 c,extending into lateral portion 17 b. A seat frame member 190, comprisinglongitudinal sections 19 a, 19 c extending into lateral section 19 b, isindependently pivotal with respect to the back frame member 170. Bothframe members are pivotally joined to a rotatable, i.e., swiveling,frame support member 21.

As most clearly shown in FIG. 2, the back frame member 170 is pivotallyjoined to laterally extending rear elongate member 37 of the framesupport member 21. The seat frame member 190 is pivotally joined tolaterally extending front elongate member 36 of the frame support member21. A hollow tube 26 is juxtaposed against longitudinal sections 17 aand 17 c of back frame member 170. A cable 28 is disposed through thehollow tube 26, a first end of cable 28 being connected to cabletensioning eyelet 30. Second end of cable 28 is attached to thelaterally extending front elongate member 36 of the frame support member21. On the end of laterally extending front elongate member 36 opposingadjustment cable attachment to the elongate member 36, a back frameadjustment screw 34 is disposed through the member 36 and is threaded tocable tensioning eyelet 30. In this manner, turning of adjustment screw34 can pay out or reel in the cable 28, which, in turn, adjustspositioning of U-tube 26, wherein the back member 170 is pivotallyadjusted according to user preference.

The frame support member 21 is rotatably connected to a stabilizingpedestal base 15, the stabilizing pedestal base 15 being in contact withthe ground when the seat 10 is in use. The pedestal base 15 comprises acentral plate 39 from which 4 cylindrical elongate members 42 a and 4rectangular elongate members 42 b radially extend. Base peripheralmembers 40 interconnect radial ends of elongate base members 42 a, 42 bto create an octagonal lattice forming support trusses 460. Each trussis capable of contact with the ground or other support surface and bearsa portion of the load of the adjustable hunter seat over a 45° angle,the totality of trusses 460 evenly distributing the weight of the seatover 360° of contact with the support surface.

A headrest 20 extends from the back frame 170 via headrest supportmember 24, the headrest support member 24 being slidably engaged throughapertures in lateral back frame member 17 b.

Elongate U-shaped shooting support arm 44 slidably extends from the seatframe 190, the shooting support arm 44 being height adjustable withrespect to the seat frame 190. A gun rest 18 is adjustably mounted atopthe gun rest attachment member 44 via attachment member extension 46 andpivot joint 48. Pivot joint 48 allows side-to-side rotation of the gunrest 18 responsive to a user's side-to-side positioning (azimuthadjustment) of an object resting in the gun rest 18.

As shown in FIGS. 1-2, a unitary padded back and seat cushion 14 isremovably disposed over the frame members 170, 190. Unitary back andseat cushion 14 has an upper lateral pocket 11 a that fits over thelateral portion 17 b of back member 170 and a lower lateral pocket 11 bthat fits over the lateral portion 19 b of seat member 190. Adjustablestraps 12 a extend from upper lateral sides of cushion 14. Adjustablestrap mating clips 12 b extend from lower lateral sides of cushion 14.When the straps 12 a are mated to the clips 12 b a user can pivotallyadjust seat frame member 190 by paying out straps 12 a or cinching upstraps 12 a. A carrying handle 22 is disposed on upper end of thecushion 14. Head rest sleeve 16 a extends from upper portion of thecushion 14. Gun rest sleeve 16 b extends from lower portion of thecushion 14. The sleeves 16 a and 16 b can fit over the head rest supportmember 24 and the gun rest support member 44, respectively. As shown inFIG. 3, backpack straps 300 are disposed on the upper lateral portion ofcushion 14.

A user can swivel 360° degrees in the seat while maintaining asubstantially fixed posture. When not in use, the entire assembly isfoldable into a backpack configuration by pivoting back frame member 170and seat frame member 190 into the positions shown in FIGS. 4-5. FIGS. 4and 5 show the back and front view of the backpack configuration. Asshown in FIG. 4, a bright orange safety disk 400 is disposed over a hubportion of pedestal base 15. The safety disk 400 functions to informobservers that the wearer of device 10 is not a target.

Ends of storage webbing 402 are disposed on respective longitudinal seatsupport members 19 a and 19 c, the storage webbing abutting against gunrest support member 44, which, in turn, contacts base member 40 tosecure the device 10 in the backpack configuration for ease of usertransport.

Ends of storage webbing 502 are disposed on respective longitudinal backsupport members 17 a and 17 c, the storage webbing abutting against headrest support member 24 to securely store the head rest support member 24for ease of user transport.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to theembodiment described above, but encompasses any and all embodimentswithin the scope of the following claims.

1. An adjustable hunter seat, comprising: back and seat frame members; apedestal base having a plurality of radially extending members and aplurality of circumferentially connecting members joining the radiallyextending members, the pedestal base selectively engaging the ground; aframe support member rotatably attached to the pedestal base, the backand seat frame members each independently having a pivotal connectionwith the frame support member, the back frame member adjustably swingingabout a back support axis of the frame support member, the seat framemember adjustably swinging about a seat support axis of the framesupport member; a unitary back and seat cushion; means removablymounting the unitary back and seat cushion to the back and seat framemembers, respectively; a gun rest attachment member having a portionconnected to the seat frame member, the gun rest attachment member beingheight adjustable with respect to the seat frame member; a gun restadjustable mounted to the gun rest attachment member, the gun restrotatably moving in azimuth according to user positioning of an objectresting in the gun rest; a head rest support member attached to the backsupport member; and a head rest extending from the head rest supportmember.
 2. The adjustable hunter seat according to claim 1, furthercomprising: a hollow tube juxtaposed against longitudinal sections ofthe back frame member; a cable tensioning eyelet; a cable extendingthrough the hollow tube, the cable having a first end connected to thecable tensioning eyelet and a second end attached to a laterallyextending front elongate portion of the frame support member; a backframe adjustment screw disposed on the frame support member and threadedto the cable tensioning eyelet, turning of the adjustment screw payingout or reeling in the cable wherein the back member is pivotallyadjusted according to user preference.
 3. The adjustable hunter seataccording to claim 1, wherein said pedestal base radially extendingmembers and said circumferentially connecting members form an octagonallattice of support trusses, thereby stabilizing the base on a supportsurface.
 4. The adjustable hunter seat according to claim 1, furthercomprising: adjustable straps extending from upper lateral sides of saidback cushion; adjustable strap mating clips extending from lower lateralsides of said back cushion; and wherein when the straps are mated to theclips the seat frame member is pivotally adjusted by paying out strapmaterial or cinching up strap material.
 5. The adjustable hunter seataccording to claim 1, further comprising a carrying handle disposed onan upper end of the back cushion.
 6. The adjustable hunter seataccording to claim 1, further comprising: a head rest sleeve extendingfrom an upper portion of the back cushion; and a gun rest sleeveextending from a lower portion of the back cushion; wherein the sleevesremovably fit over the head rest support member and the gun rest supportmember, respectively.
 7. The adjustable hunter seat according to claim1, further comprising a bright orange safety disk disposed over a hubportion of pedestal base.
 8. The adjustable hunter seat according toclaim 1, further comprising storage webbing disposed on longitudinalseat support members, the storage webbing abutting against said gun restsupport member, which, in turn, contacts said base member, therebysecuring the adjustable hunter seat in a backpack configuration for easeof user transport.